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Raffaele Stern
Raffaele Stern (1774–1820) was an Italian architect. Born in 1774 in Rome to Giovanni Stern, an architect. Raffaele was also the grandson of the Baroque painter, born and active in Rome, Ludovico Stern. He was educated in Winckelmann's classical and neoclassical principles, and designed a plan for a New Wing of the Museo Chiaramonti in the Vatican Museums in 1805–1806, which he was commissioned to enact in 1817. He also worked on the papal restoration of the Colosseum and Arch of Titus which were later taken on by Giuseppe Valadier. He also built a new Fontana dei Dioscuri in 1818 for Pope Pius VII supporting an ancient Roman granite seashell A seashell or sea shell, also known simply as a shell, is a hard, protective outer layer usually created by an animal or organism that lives in the sea. The shell is part of the body of the animal. Empty seashells are often found washe ... (found in the 16th century) on top of a large basin. His pupils included Luigi P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quirinale - Fontana Dei Dioscuri
The Quirinal Palace ( it, Palazzo del Quirinale ) is a historic building in Rome, Italy, one of the three current official residences of the President of Italy, president of the Italian Republic, together with Villa Rosebery in Naples and the Tenuta di Castelporziano, an estate on the outskirts of Rome, some 25 km from the centre of the city. It is located on the Quirinal Hill, the highest of the seven hills of Rome in an area colloquially called Monte Cavallo. It has served as the residence for thirty popes, four King of Italy, kings of Italy and twelve presidents of the Italian Republic. The Quirinal Palace was selected by Napoleon to be his residence ''par excellence'' as Emperor of the French, emperor. However, he never stayed there because of the French defeat in 1814 and the subsequent Concert of Europe, European Restoration. The palace extends for an area of 110,500 square meters and is the World's largest palace, twelfth-largest palace in the world in terms of area, some t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
